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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Importance Of Two Monosyllables.
Essay by Miss May Beihsa, Read February 28,
1887, Lea Female College.

In everyday life, there are constantly
heard the little monosyllables, yes and
no. At that instant, let the minds eye
observe keenly whether they are spoken
decidedly, and whether those who speak
them abide by their decision. 1t takes
courage and faith to say even the1e lit
tie words, which contain so much mean
ing, and which lead sometimes to grand
results, and to such results that if their
harvest was then reaped, gladly would
they have changed the yes TO no, and
the no to yes. To speak decidedly and
abide by that decision is lesson hard
to learn.
Here in the school-room is the place
to learn firmness. When asked to do
wrong, never be ashamed to say no, at
once, and emphatically. You will
never regret it, and your first refusal
will strengthen the succeeding ones,
and help to gain a position which will
be an honor and aid to you forever.
For at your first refusal you have in
dellibly impressed upon the minds of
your school mates that you intend to do
right, and when you decide that any
thing is right, you will not exchange
your opinion for another.
What would be the result if COM
mander of several thousand men, did
he never practice frmness? The sue
cess of his men depends largely on that
quality Instead of being firm with
them, compelling them to be always
ready for duty, disorder prevails. Should
they be attacked Unexpectedly, they
would be defeated. If their general
had possessed that desirable trait, firm
ness, his army would have been victori-
Gus. His soldiers would have known
from former experience, that when he
said thing he meant it, and that his
decision was as firm as rock. They
would never have dared to disobey his
orders. Success would, have always fol-
lowed them.
Look for a moment at the boy who
has wandered from the home of his
youth. See him in all his misery and
despair. He was once his mothers JOY
and pride. She loved him as only
mother can love a child. All his wishes
were granted. No pains we're spared in
any thing toward MS enjoyment. That
boy was surrounded with every luxury
of life. His mother thought that all
he desired was right and must be grant
ed. Her opinion of him-alas! was
wrong. There was only one defect In
the character of this good mother. She
was void of speaking firmly and abiding
by it. Had she commenced with this
boy in youth, his wretched life would
have been very different. Nothing
mean nor debasing would have ever en-
tered his mind. And that mother would
never have come to regret the manner
in which she brought him up. He
would have been her aid and support in
old age. But instead, that life which is
as black as midnight is source of mis-
cry to her.
Oh, that pupils, teachers, in every
cause, and last, but by no means least,
mothers, possessed more firmness.
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nrearnt in Ffra seconds.

was sitting with police official at his
Office, and we were discussing some fantastic
story. when an employe came in and sat
down beside US, leaning with his elbows on
the table. l looked up, and said 70 him:
'EYou have forgotten to mako the soup
-No, no; come with me- We went out 90
gether, going across long corridors, | walking
behind him, at the college where | had been
brought up. He went into a wing OF the
house which / knew well. and which led TO
the class rooms. Under the stairs be showed
me q stove ON which stood an oyster she'll
with little white paint in it Il had been
mixing water colors the evening heforel.
-But you have forgotten the vegetables. Go
70 the porter at the ether end of the court
yard; You viii find them there on n table. y
l waited for long time; at last saw him
making signs at me that he had found MOTH
ing. at is at the left hand side" shouted,
and saw him cross the yard. coming back
with immense cabbage. l took knife
from my pocket, which always kept there,
and at the moment when was going 20 cut
the vegetable l was awakened by the noise OF
a bowl of soup being put heavily on the mar
BILE top Of the table next TO my bed
1t appears to me that tho idea OF soup was
suggested to me by the smell at the moment
when the door was opened By the servant
bringing in the soup while was asleep, and
it takes five seconds at the most to walk from
the door to the bed.-Revue Scientihque.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Refunding the Direct War Tax,

Aberdeen Examiner.
The bill to adjust the direct war tax,
by returning the amounts paid by the
various States and Territories and blot
ting out the charges on that account
that stand against Others, passed the
Senate with every vote recorded In its
favor except one; but when it reached
the House it was clumsily referred to
the Judiciary Committee instead of the
Committee on Ways and Means, and it
sleeps there yet. If this bill had passed,
it would have returned at least hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars
to the State of Mississippi, in addition
to blotting out about three hundred
thousand dollars of debts on war tax
account that now stand against her on
the books of the U. :. Treasury. Until
that bill passes every dollar of the ''fiye
per CENTS" to which the State is entitled
under her enabling act on account of
public lands sold within her borders,
will be withheld and go to the credit of
the direct war tax assessed against her
to defray the expenses of her own sub
jugation.
II is to be hoped that Senator Morrill,
will revive this bill early next session,
and that it will be at once passed by
both Houses.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
A ROYAL Tire Laddie.

The king Of Italy, seeing from the Quiriuai
the flames Issuing from the famous Chigi
palace, and knowing the Odescalchi, hastened
thither with three of his gentlemen in wait
ing and not only showed his sympathy, but
helped TO bring little order out of the great
confusion. The effect of his presence and
sympathy were such on the Prince Balthazar
Odescalchi, who is here known as a radicale
clericale that he declares his opposition TO
the king henceforth ceases.
He, as member of the lower house OF
parliament, was only few days ago ap-
appointed ON the committee to go to the
palace of the ouirinal to tender the customary
New Years wishes 10 the monarch. He re-
fused TO be present The evening of that day
he beheld the king coming to him in anxiety
and in sympathy. and he now declares that
his visit of King Humbert, under such cir
cumstances, has reconciled him TO the House
of Savoy" Furthermore, the prince said TO
some of his intimstes and equals who had
condoled with him for his losses: THE damage
can be repaired; but one thing l can never
forget, and that is this: the first person who
met me ms my wife and children had reached
safety was King Humbert. London Court
Journal
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23

deceased aunt, when Mr.. Clark Mary :
husband) bought large store "up town
and also retired, unostentatlous cot
tsge in beautiful part of the city.
Mr.. Clark was noted for his politeness,
business qualifications and piety. Gus
toners came from every quarter. Busi-
ness prospered and Mr.. Clark was soon
recognized as a man of genuine worth
and staunch character. His wife had
host of friends, but not of the fashion
able circle; they were net congenial TO
her. Their home breathed forth the
air of cheerfulness and happiness; sur
rounded by every variety of flowers and
evergreens and twining vines.
But things were going badly with the
Cliftons They had to sell out to credi'
tors and remove to low, uncomfortable
house, and he made a livelihood by
bartering with the poorer class of far
mers. All of them were members of
the same church, and now Mary was the
one who could dress extravaganGly if
she wished. But she had no more
desire to make display now than when
she was little school mistress.
During all this time the Clarks and
Cliftons were the best of friends, and
many a neat little dress or pair of
socks and stockings found their way
from Mary's work-basket to Annals
bureau.
The friendship of these two women
was beautiful and most sincere. The
Clarks contributed literally for all
benevolent and church purposes, while
the Clifton's felt all the time, it required
their every effort and all their strength
to maintain themselves. FIDEs.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Care of Hands.

There are not nearly as many secrets
in hand treatment as people imagine.
A little ammonia or borax in the water
just lukewarm, will keep the skin clean
and soft. A little oatmeal mixed with
the water will whiten the hands. Many
people use glycerine on their hands
when they go to bed, wearing gloves to
keep the bedding clean; but glycerine
does not agree with everyone. 1t makes
some skins harsh and red. These peo-
pie should rub their hands with dry
oatmeal and wear gloves in bed. The
best preparation for the hands at night
is white of egg with a grain of alum
dissolved in it. Quacks have fancy
name for it; but all can make it and
spread it over the hands, and the job is
done. They also make the Roman toilet
paste. 1t is merely white of egg, barley
-four and honey. They say it was used
by the Romans in olden time. Anyway,
it is first-rate thing; but it is a sticky
sort of stuff to use, and does not do the
work any better than oatmeal. The
toughest and hardest hands can be
made soft and white IN a months time
by doctoring them little at bedtime,
and all the tools you need are a nail
brush, a bottle of ammonia, box of
powdered borax, and little fine white
sand to rub the stain off, or cut lemon,
which will do even better, for the acid
of the lemon will clean anything.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Pictures of Mrs. Cleveland.

Among the callers at the White House at
the MONDAY reception ON Thursday was
distinguished foreigner, who brought with
him one of the largest sized photographs of
Mrs. Cleveland, representing her in a dinner
dress of black silk, with corsage and front
draperies of jetted net. This picture the visi-
tor showed to Mrs Cleveland, with the re-
quest that she write her autograph on the
lower margin, as he wished to carry it across
the ocean with him to present TO the queen OF
Italy. When informed of his intention Mrs.
Cleveland said she did not consider the pho
tograph by any means the best; that her pref
erence was for the one taken in a white dress,
with scarf drapery of pearl beaded tulle ex-
tending from the left shoulder across the
bosom to the right side at the waist line. The
visitor said he would also procure a copy of
that picture. and would then carry both of
them abroad, one as representing TO best ad-
vantage her handsome figure, the other her
beautiful face.-W Washington Capital
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Cultivation of Corn.

Director Lazenby, in a bulletin issued
from the Ohio experiment station, says
that the results of the station experiments
for the past two years prove beyond q
doubt that the yield of corn is frequently
lessened by the too frequent and improper
use of the cultivator, but rightly used its
value is almost beyond computation. In
the capacity of a root pruner it often
works serious harm, and deep cultivation
of growing corn should only be practiced
within certain limits and performed with
care and judgment. 1t is probable that
root pruning is only salutary where there
is an abundance of moisture in the soil.
In times of drought he believes no practice
can work greater injury, and that with
corn, as with many other crops, deep cult
ure should come before planting rather
than after. The after cultivation should
be more and more shallow as the corn in
creaseS in size
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
rac.s of Interest 10 Farmors,

If hens lay soft shelled eggs give them
plenty of gravel and oyster shells or
crushed bones.
Leaves mixed with half their bulk of
fresh barn yard manure and turned over
a few times previous to using, are en-
ployed by some gardeners to furnish uni
form heat in the hot bed.
Professor Henry urges farmers to give
more oats to young stock, colts as well as
calves There is no food, says he, that so
corrects acidity of the stomach and keeps
the whole system in order when fed in
moderation If you have any doubts
about sitting hens being free from lice,
dust them ON the nest with pyrethrum
powder.
Remember that land plowed when too
wet becomes cloddy and troublesome.
Do not fail to use disinfectants freely
in cellars, especially where vegetables are
stored. Copperas water is good disin-
fectant Flower of sulphur, burned on a
shovel in cellar, destroys fungus
growth.
A great drawback in poultry raising is
the crowding of fifty fowls into space
suitable for half that number.
A general practical rule in planting
garden seeds is that they should not be
covered more than four times their diam
efer in depth.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
A word About prainare

D. ii. Gregory, the well known seeds.
man, at Marblehead, Mass, in a talk on
drainage before a meeting of New England
farmers, said that stone drains with which
ne has had considerable experience are a
waste Of time and labor, and that no man
can afford 10 lay the same unless he does
IL to get rid of the stone Tile. he affirmed
mas q vast capacity for carrying off water,
lar greater than is generally supposed
Mr.. Gregory advised that when LAYING tile
the trench is to be dug only lust wide
enough 10 admit the tile. He also sup-
gested that there be catch pool to receive
the sediment and waste from the drains
which is half as valuable as manure
IheFe ought always to be the same ar
rangement in front of the drain to ston
the floating particles from drifting into it
ana ciogging it up when the water is high.
The drain must be kept open at the end
and the tile kept free throughout in order
10 obtain full benefit from the same.
AS regards the cost of laying tile drains.
Mr.. Gregory's experience led him to be-
neve that If one gets down to hard pan
the cost is about the same as it is for
ditching upland. For ditching low land
meadow land the cost need not be more
than twenty-five cents per rod; this, in
TACT, is a standing price:
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ITo DE Continued
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Lord Tennyson's eyesight is failing him.
Photography is taught in the schools Of
Blair Neb
There are 113 farmers in the Connecticut
legislature.
A four seated hanson cab is now the popu-
lar vehicle in London.
Summer hotel men are praying for big
war in Europe to keep people home.
A resident of Chester, Ills, has pet crow
that talks quite well any parrot.
The three bullfights in Paris have produced
the gross receipts of POS, 600 francs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's new milk house will
have tiling on it which cost over 81 900
Susan B. Anthony is quoted as saying that
Abraham Lincoln is the only man she could
have loved.
The Comte de Paris has attracted much at
tention in Ireland this winter by his fine skat-
ing
Queen Victoria intends, it is said, to pur-
chase certain of the French crown Jewels,
which are soon to be sold in Paris
A native paper under the control of the
Hawaiian government has taken to publish
ing column or so in English
The presence of President Cleveland and
his wife at the Baltimore charity ball in
creased the receipts by 5000
Ferdinand Ward, who is engaged in past
ing tobacco labels at Sing Sing is called by
the warden a "lie1er and q schemerr
Spelling matches are now at their height in
England The guessing mania will probably
reach there in about ten years.
The Suez canal is to be made ready this
month for night traffic through its entire
length by steamers provided with electric
lights.
Mr. Kinch Kitchen has attained an envi-
able notoriety among his neighbors near
Tallapoosa because fifteen years ago he swore
off from getting mad, and has kept his reso-
luton from that day to this
A Rochester, n. Y, Chinaman has dis
covered a new method for cleaning the snow
from his doorsteps. He was seen one MORN
ing busily engaged melting it with fiat iron
A Russian boy about 10 years of age came
to America alone TO find his mother He
arrived at Fargo, and was successful in his
search.
A yearling calf harnessed to good sized
hand sled, and trained 50 that it will obey
every command of its driver, is a novel do
livery outfit at Sioux City Ia.
The German newspapers tell their readers
that France is ordering proiectiles containing
a substance which makes blood poisoning the
result of any wound received from them.
Under a new rule at the United States
penitentiary at McNei's Island, Puget Sound,
every convict brought there has the hair on
the right side of his head shaved off The
other side is untouched
A new charitable organization in New
York is called SThe Good American Diakon-
essen" an adaptation from the German Its
purpose is to train women to become inteIli-
gent nurses of the sick poor.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
A CASTLE IN THE AIR.

TIL tell YOU. friend, what sort of wife,
Whene'er scan this scene OF life,
Inspires my waking schemes,
And when sleep, with form SO Eght,
Dances before my ravished sight,
In sweet Rrial dreams.
The rose it's biushss need not lend,
Nor vet the lily with them blend
To captivate my eyes.
Give me cheek the heart ooeys
And, sweetly mutable, displays
It's feelings as they rise;
Features, where pensive, more than gay,
cave when a rising smile doth play
The sober thought you see;
Eyes that all soft and tender seem,
And kind affections round them beam,
But most OF all on me;
A form, though not Of finest mould,
While yet a something you behold
Uneonsciously doth please;
Manners all graceful without art,
That to each look and word impart
modesty and ease.
But still her air, her face, each charm,
Must speak a heart with feeling warm,
And mind inform the whole;
With mind her mantling cheek must glow,
Her voice, her beaming eye must show
An all-inspiring SOUL
All, could such being find,
And we're her fate to mine but Joined
By Hymen' silken tis,
To her myself, nay all I'D give,
For her alone delight TO live,
For her consent to die
Whene'er by anxious gloom oppressed,
On the soft pillow of her breast
my aching head L d lay;
At her sweet smile each care should cease,
Her kiss infusc bslmy peace,
And drive nay griefs away.
In turn, I'd soften all her care,
Each thought, each wish, each feeli !g share;
should sickness e'er invade,
Ny voice should sooth each rising sigh,
Ny hand the cordial should supply;
I'd watch beside her bed.
Should gathering clouds our sky deform,
My arms should shield her from the storm
And were its fury hurled
My bosom to its bolts I'd bare,
In her defence, undaunted dare
Defy the opposing world
Together should oar prayers ascend,
Together would we humbly bend,
Te praise the Almighty name,
And when / saw her kindling eye
Beam upward to her native sky,
My soul should catch the fame.
Thas nothing should our hearts divide,
But on our years serenely glide,
And all TO love be given;
And when lifes little scene was DER,
We'd part to meet and part no more,
But live and love in heaven.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Points in Potato Culture.

In discussion as to the best manure
lOr white potatoes at the recent annual
meeting of the New Jersey Horticultural
society, the majority of the members ex-
pressed themselves as decidedly in favor
Oh chemical fertilizers. The opinion very
generally prevailed that stable manure
does not produce tubers of good quality.
rotate rot was also considered. One MEM
per said that the sulphuric acid in chemi-
eal fertilizers acts as a partial preventive
70 rot. Another member advised sulphate
Oh ron icopperas) as remedy for rot.
The opinion was also expressed that
commercial fertilizers produce about as
gOod results in sweet potato culture as
uoes stable manure. Shallow plowing, it
was agreed, makes short, thick tubers,
while deep tillage results in long, slender
ones. The Kentucky redn was pro-
nounced very promising variety of sweet
potato
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Memento of nn Unknown Race.

A strange memento of an unknown race is
the gigantic stone image from Easter island,
now on the way TO the Smithsonian institu-
uion. This lonely isle in the Pacific is of vol
canic origin, and is but eleven miles long and
six broad, and. from its solitary situation. is
seldom visited. The natives, but few in num-
Der, are of the PolyneSian race. and were
originally exceedingly hostile TO the few
whites who visited them. But within the
past twenty five years they have embraced
Christianity under the influence of French
missionaries. The island is owned by Ia
hiti firm, who utilize its fertile valleys for
cattle raising. The remarkable features
which distinguish 1t from other solitary
islands are the huge stone statues, to the num-
Der Of several hundred, which lie scattered
about. They were chiseled with rude skill
from the lava in the craters Of extinct vol
canoes, and transported 10 all parts of tho
island, where they were set up, but most OF
them have since been overthrown by earth
quake shocks Some of these statues are
forty feet in height.-Frank Lcslies.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
Gambetta.s statue in Paris.

The statue of Gambetta in the Place de
Caroussel is being proceeded with apace by
NJ. Aube, the sculptor TO whom the important
work has been intrusted. The figure of the
great tribune is, however, still unfinished, the
head only, which bears striking resemblance
to the original, being completed. The whole
of the figure intended 10 represent the genius
of the nation inspiring the orator is wel nigh
done, and gives good idea Of the general
effect Of the monument
Gambetta win be represented with his
right hand pointing toward the frontier in an
attitude Of appeal to the children of France,
beneath him being an officer with "A broken
sword in his hand and falling over a cannon
BY the sides of the tribune are a workman, a
sailor. and a figure representing soldier Of
that territorial army which Gambetta sum-
moned TO arms to resist the Germans in 1870
London Telegraph
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23
A PIaywright's Superstition.

A gambler will borrow TO give to beggar
for luck. ! have known actors imbued with
the same sentiment only knew one drama
tist who owned the superstition. He had a
play coming out. and the night it was to be
produced, just before the curtain went up,
beggar tackled him. He gave him dime
There, said he, athat's good luck My play
viii be go.r
1t was a terrific failure.
81 wish I'd given him half adollariv he said
The superstition was all right The amount
hadn't been enough to appease the goddess
Fortune.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-23

Necessity is the mother of large brood of
inventions in prohibition Maine, particularly
among those TO whom strong drink is a neces-
sity. One such recently asked Lisbon drug
gist to sell him some alcohol for his sore
finger. The druggist would not won't
you pour some ON my finger, thenzs asked the
man. The druggist said that be would and
took hold Of the finger. which was completely
hidden in bandages of cloth. 1t yielded to
his touch, and he pulled at it, the bandage
came off and revealed the fact that the finger
was badly bogus, being made up Of a sponge.
1t was the fellows evident design to get the
sponge well soaked and then suck out the al
cohol-New York Sun